Thanks for all the response! Perhaps an Andriod rooted device is the
way to go. I had looked at the Kindle Fire, but didn't see much of a
calendar option- do these root well into an Android OS (reliable after
rooting)?

iDevices have some neat features (iTouch, iPad), but the cost is a bit
much. I noticed some of the old Palm's dropped in price recently, but
for the same price there is much better technology.

Regarding the distraction I speak of- I get annoyed with people who
are glued to their phones in and out of social situations, and that is
what I was becoming with the Pre. It also had this side effect of
making my wife nag more. Constantly checking and getting e-mail,
status updates, directions and maps, etc. I know these can be turned
off, but having your phone bundled with all that technology in one
unit was too much for me :) Just a personal preference, call me old
fashioned, but I want the phone to be just the phone, and my organizer
to be mostly an organizer. Hopefully that makes sense.

--
Jeremy MountainJohnson
Jeremy.MountainJohnson at gmail.com



On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 12:50 PM, Yaron <tclug at freakzilla.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 16 Feb 2012, Jeremy MountainJohnson wrote:
>
>> I tried a similar smart phone a couple years back [...] and found it to be
>> [...] a big distraction
>
>
> Can you explain what you mean by "a big distraction"? I understand all the
> other concerns and can think of ways to work around them. For price you can
> get an older, used device, and for monthly bills, well, you get a non-phone
> or just don't sign up with a carrier. But distraction is a lot broader and
> might be harder to solve.
>
> Is it the fact that current devices have a ton of apps? Because you're not
> required to install any of them.
>
>
>
>
> -Yaron
>
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